Recognised as Colour

#059606

#059606
Green
Dark
Nearest: Green

#059606 is a green with RGB values 5, 150, 6 and HSL 120°, 94%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green.

Colour values

#059606#059606

HEX#059606

RGBrgb(5, 150, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.5882, 0.0235

RGB percentages2%, 58.8%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(120.4, 93.5%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(120.4, 96.7%, 58.8%)

CMYK96.7%, 0%, 96%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer366,086

CSS custom property--colour: #059606;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21858WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness115 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.37:1

Contrast with white3.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.37:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D

Inverted#FA69F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9A8600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C7D21no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00917Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.91:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green · ΔE 10.9 Forest green · ΔE 13.2 Limegreen · ΔE 22 Dark green · ΔE 26.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.8 Yellow green · ΔE 32.1

Nearest named CSS colourGreen (#008000)ΔE 10.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#960595

Analogous#4D9605, #05964E

Triadic#060596, #960605

Split complementary#4E0596, #96054D

Tetradic#054D96, #960595, #964E05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#6DFA6E

Lighter +30%#3CF83D

Lighter +20%#0AF70C

Lighter +10%#07C708

Darker −10%#036504

Darker −20%#023302

Darker −30%#000200

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#009B01

Less saturated −25%#188319

Channel breakdown

G150

Red5 (2%)

Green150 (58.8%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue120.41°

Saturation (HSL)93.55%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 05 · G 96 · B 06

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